Cote d’Amour L Artisan Parfumeur for women and men

I know that C.d.A is far from being a loud fragrance,as most of the fragrances by l'Artisan P. I think they regard fragrances as I regard salt (yes!: Na Cl) you can always add it but never do the contrary. Hardly ever they are "shouting" fragrances which last from Monday up to Sunday, although there are many among them (even some E.de.T. such as: Tea for two; Dzongkha; Voleur de rose..... ) with a remarkable persistence [I adore Drole de R. and Jour de F. and
I keep on smelling their beauty on my clothes even after the washing machine!] and not only their "Extreme" version or the E.d.P when existing. There are also some cultural differences among people - thanks God we are not totally globalized! - so while American women expect fragrances to last all day long, French women think differently. My granny used to use the E.d.T for the day and the parfum in the evening.
C.d.A. is like a water-colour painting, it has grace and delicacy; it's a moment for yourself and some few close friends; it doesn't have any sillage; if you are looking for a bang!-fragrance that make turn heads in your direction this is not the one so choose differently... But the composition is not banal at all and it "lasts" though - for me - it's a quite scent more than a weak one. It is composed by "natural" (not would be so..) ingredients as all the chemicals are ignored and seeing that it's not possible to employ anymore genuine "animals" (thanks God again!) such as musk, or civet cat and so on in order to fix the fragrance better consequently any fragrance cannot be ever lasting, unless it were helped chemically: it's a catch 22! I use it in spring or at the very beginning of the summer; today - longing for the sun -in a snowy and cold day I've tried it and...it is still present on my skin, in its quiet way. Like salt you can always add/spray it more and more without fear of killing anyone ; )

Indeed, very weak and shortlasting.

'Wet wood' is a proper phrase to describe it, but I also get a strong lemon note that makes me slaver and clench my jaws. Blah!
It might be the mixed accord of other citruses and herbs, but on my skin it turns out as lemon, and I hate lemon in a perfume.

This is the second organic edt from L'Artisan - first one (Jatamansi) did better.

Interesting fragrance. Wet wood indeed. But after that... something light and fresh and sweet. I have to keep smelling it though to find out exactly what it is. Makes me think of freshly washed clothing that's been blowing in the wind in spring. Something innocent and clean. Not my thing.

I am puzzled by L'Artisan Parfumeur COTE D'AMOUR, which to my nose is a very light and perhaps even too subtle woody fragrance. I smell no rosemary, no grapefruit, and no tangerine--all of which are very familiar and rather assertive notes. Have the aromatics all evaporated away?

Where is the love? Where is the coast? This all-natural edt might convey the love of a carpenter for his saw as it spins in short spurts, but that's about all. Désolée!

very weak.... lasted only 1 hour

Good one. Only good...
Sad ...a little sad for a oneday , great house.


7/10

Well this is very different.

A pity the bottle looks so cheap, and even the name lacks inspiration...a name like 'Sandpiper,' or 'A Stranger On The Shore' would have been more evocative, for the initial effect is bracing, wild, and a little bit forlorn. If this is the Coast of Love, clearly Love is no tropical Eden.

The rosemary, cypress and salt give an amazing tang, and above all, the overwhelming scent of gorse makes it feel reminiscent of those thirties films where the heroine walks the sand-dunes watching the sea, and above on the cliffs the gulls cry...

All very interesting, until something strange happens. A most peculiar note emerges, which I can only describe as tepid mashed potato, and not even a real potato - that dried stuff people use when they're too tired to peel!

Clearly the Coast of Love also has its tatty boarding houses with peeling wallpaper and fried breakfasts. And mash.

Um, no, I don't think so.